FOREST POLICY. 



to be severe. The stand of virgin spruce often averages 20,000 

 feet b. m. per acre on large tracts. Logging by water or by 

 rail. Some firms begin to survey the sleigh roads with great 

 care. Stumpage costs $2.68; logs at mill cost $6.96 per 1,000 feet 

 b. m. The State contains 535 saw mills, of $10,200 average 

 investment. 



The output of the saw mills was valued in 



1850 $1,100,000 



1860 1,200,000 



1870 4.300,000 



1880 3,800,000 



1890 5,600,000 



1900 9,200,000 



The cut of 1900 consisted of 



Spruce 188,000,000 feet b. m. 



White pine 310,000,000 feet b. m. 



Hemlock 45,000,000 feet b. m. 



Other conifers 2,000,000 feet b. m. 



Hardwoods 23,000,000 feet b. m. 



The miscellaneous mill stock produced in 1900 was worth 

 $875,000. Hoop poles, excelsior, shoe pegs and maple sugar are 

 produced in large quantities. 



Leather industry: 12 tanneries report an annual output of 

 $2,265,000 of leather and a consumption of 5,700 cords of hem- 

 lock bark, worth $25,400; 712 bales of gambier, worth $4,600; 40 

 barrels of bark extract, worth $480, and of chemicals, worth $6,400. 



Paper and pulp industry: 29 firms produce an output 

 worth $7,200,000. The raw material consists of domestic spruce, 

 109,000 cords, worth $655,000; Canadian spruce, 87,000 cords, worth 

 $479,000; other wood, 720 cords, worth $3,430. 



6. Forestry movement: A Forest Commission, appointed 

 in 1881, submitted a good report in 1885. Lectures on forestry 

 are offered at the State Agricultural College. The inhabitants 

 are not inclined to check forest fires. 



The "White Mountain State Park" movement, in 1892, 

 failed to be successful. 



A bill of 1901, intended to limit the cutting of conifers to 

 trees of over 10 inches stump diameter, failed to become a law. 



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